Emerging Infectious Diseases (Feb 2014)

Trace-Forward Investigation of Mice in Response to Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Outbreak

  • Laura Edison,
  • Barbara Knust,
  • Bret Petersen,
  • Julie Gabel,
  • Craig Manning,
  • Cherie Drenzek,
  • Ute Ströher,
  • Pierre E. Rollin,
  • Douglas Thoroughman,
  • Stuart T. Nichol

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2002.130861
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 2
pp. 291 – 295

Abstract

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During follow-up of a 2012 US outbreak of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV), we conducted a trace-forward investigation. LCMV-infected feeder mice originating from a US rodent breeding facility had been distributed to >500 locations in 21 states. All mice from the facility were euthanized, and no additional persons tested positive for LCMV infection.

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